Personal details of National Theatre customers hacked

Personal details of thousands of National Theatre customers have been hacked
through the company's website.

The National Theatre on London's South Bank

7:30AM GMT 03 Mar 2010

More than 17,500 internet customers were urged to reset their passwords yesterday after a ''security incident'' in which personal details were accessed by an ''unauthorised user''.

But a spokeswoman for the theatre on London's South Bank said no financial details were accessed.

In an email to its internet customers, the theatre said: ''We were notified over the weekend of a security incident that took place on Saturday February 20 which may have led to your National Theatre website account – email, password, name and contact information only – being accessed by an unauthorised user.

''Your payment information is safely encrypted, so no financial or booking details have been viewed.''

A spokeswoman said the website had since been secured but urged its users to change their passwords.